Community Calendar

Friday

Nov 21, 2008 at 12:01 AM

SPECIAL NOTICE

SPECIAL NOTICE

Middle Smithfield Emergency Assistance databank: Residents who are bedridden, wheelchair-bound and are more dependent on proper heating and electricity for medical reasons are asked to register with the township's Emergency Management Coordinator the name, street address and phone number at (570) 223-8920 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. All information is confidental.

Pocono Business Journal offers "A Christmas Sax" to Area Non-Profits: For the second year, PBJ editor Deb Burke provides the unique "A Christmas Sax" to local non-profits for their family holiday parties. This free community service books up fast. Organizations may contact her at (570) 421-0100 or by e-mail at dburke@pbjonline.com .

Resica PTO Holiday Shopping Day: Vendors are sought to spend a day selling their products to those in need of a great gift idea at Resica Elementary School, 1 Gravel Ridge Road, East Stroudsburg on Dec. 13 from 10 a.m.to 3 p.m. in the cafeteria, to coincide with the school's Scholastic Book Fair and its Kid's Holiday Shoppe. Tables will not be provided. The fee is $15 for a 10-foot by 10-foot space. To participate, call Karen Conway at (570) 807-0602.

Crafters and vendors wanted: For Holiday Fair on Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Lake of The Pines clubhouse in Middle Smithfield. For information, call (570) 588-4002.

Operation Touch of Home: Wanted — Names and addresses of Monroe County troops currently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan to be recipients of our periodic essentials shipments. Family members or friends with this information please contact: touchofhome@hotmail.com or Dean (570)977-1724 or Grace (570) 977-4437. Volunteers also needed. Write to Operation Touch of home, P.O. Box 162, Brodheadsville, Pa. 18322.

To sign State Sen. Robert Casey's petition to stop the Power Lines through Bushkill and DWG: A number of transmission corridors are planned nationwide. One of the lines that will supply New Jersey and New York will go past Fernwood Resort, through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and cross over the Delaware River. Casey has started a petition opposing the project— residents can sign it on his website: http://casey.senate.gov/.

The Bushkill and Lehman Historical Society's first display is now open at the Columns in Milford on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. For more information, call (570) 296-8126.

RSVP volunteer opportunities: Senior Corps Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is a volunteer referral agency designed to develop meaningful opportunities for people of retirement age, 55 and over, to participate more fully in the life of their communities through volunteer service. Call Norma Fagan at (570) 420-3747 or visit her at 411 Main St., Suite 102-B, Stroudsburg.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Peters Valley Craft Center Fall Foliage & Makeover Day: On Saturday, at Peters Valley (www.petersvalley.org). The National Park Service invites members and volunteers to join the fun and help with some hands-on fix-ups. It you are interested in attending or would like details, e-mail Barb Harrington at barb@brandesign.com.

Toy Bingo: On Saturday, at 1 p.m. East Stroudsburg High School-South Color Guard and Marching Band Parents Associations will hold a toy Bingo game at the VFW on Fawn Road in East Stroudsburg. Baked goods will also be available. Tickets for this event are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. For details or to buy tickets, call Lorri Frey, Vice President of the Color Guard Parents Association, at (610) 972-6189.

Second Annual Wellspring Holiday Open House and Art Show: Today and Saturday at the Wellspring holistic center, 243 East Brown Street, East Stroudsburg. The hours today are 4 to 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come to Wellspring East and shop in the calm and peaceful atmosphere of this beautiful holistic center. After stress-free shopping, relax with a mini-treatment in one of many healing modalities, including acupuncture, massage, reflexology, or a soothing facial. For details, call (570) 421-3708 or go to www.WellspringHolisticCenter.com.

Christmas at the Stage Door Canteen: Nov. 21 through Dec. 21, the Shawnee Christmas Spectacular, live on stage at Shawnee Playhouse. A star-spangled musical celebration of the Christmas season with a nostalgic look at the history of the USO during the war years of the 1940s. High comedy and big musical production numbers, for audiences of all ages. Tickets are $25 for adults, $14 for children, $23 for seniors. For tickets, showtimes, and more info, call the box office at (570) 421-5093 or visit www.TheShawneePlayhouse.com.

PCHS Basket Bingo Fundraiser: On Saturday, held by the Pike County Humane Society at the Matamoras Fire Department at Airport Park in Matamoras. Doors open at 1 p.m. with calling beginning at 2 p.m. Fifteen baskets full of new prizes and gift certificates worth at least $50 each. The grand prize basket is worth more than $100. There will be plenty of prizes and a 50/50 cash raffle. Refreshment sales will benefit the Matamoras Fire Department, and all other proceeds go directly to help the animals of the PCHS. For any questions about the Basket Bingo, contact the shelter at (570) 296-7654 or e-mail Steve Warshaw at swarshaw@ptd.net. Check our all our available pets for adoption at www.pikecountyhumanesociety.petfinder.com.

Free Community Concert: On Tuesday, at 7 p.m., featuring Mountain Winds, classical windwood quintet. For the public, indoors in the Worthington Ballroom of the Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort. Donations to the performers are gratefully accepted.

Annual Tree Lighting in Courthouse Square: On Friday, Nov. 28 from 6 to 7 p.m. Festivities will begin with a community carol sing-along, followed by the lighting of the tree by the Mayor of Stroudsburg. Then, to the delight of all the children, Santa Claus arrives.

A Winnie the Pooh Christmas Carol: From Nov. 29 to Dec. 20, Live on Stage at Shawnee Playhouse. The Shawnee Playhouse Children's Theater presents Charles Dickens' classic Christmas story starring Pooh and all his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood. Full of comedy, music, and true Christmas spirit, recounts the events of one fateful Christmas Eve for the miserly "Rabbineezer Scrooge," who learns the true meaning of giving and the importance of family as he is visited by the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future (all embodied by Pooh Bear). On Saturdays only, bring a new, unwrapped toy and get $2 off. The Shawnee Playhouse will contribute all donations to the Monroe County Head Start to help area families in need. Tickets are $7 for all seats. For info, (570) 421-5093 or www.TheShawneePlayhouse.com.

CLASSES

Childcare Provider Training "I Want! I Want!! I Want!!! Building Good Consumers:" On Dec. 4, 7 to 9 p.m. in Pike County Administration Building, 506 Broad St., Milford. $5 pp. Pre-register by Nov. 30. Learn the effects of advertising marketing on children. For a printable brochure, go to http://snurl.com/3mku7 Pre-registration is required on the PAKeys Web site: http://www.pakeys.org/private/login_temp.asp five days prior to the event, but you are not fully registered until you send payment to our office. For details contact Penn State Cooperative Extension in Pike County, (570) 296-3400, or e-mail PikeExt@psu.edu.

A "Keep It Simple" Scratching On Paper Workshop: On Saturday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Spring House (my home in East Stroudsburg, near Interstate 80). Bring a bag lunch if you want; coffee & tea will be provided. Cost: $25 Gift yourself some time to get centered before the holidays.Walk the spiral labyrinth. To register and for directions, call Betsy at (570) 424-9145 or e-mail: scratchingonpaper@earthlink.net.

Fall 2008 Studio Program: Workshops and multi-week courses are held at the PoconoArts Community Cultural Center, 18 N. 7th Street, Stroudsburg or as otherwise stated. For more info, to register for a course, or join the Pocono Arts Council, call the PoconoArts office at (570) 476-4460 or e-mail carolyn-mcac@epix.net.

Yoga by the River: Tues/Thurs/Sat (ongoing classes) at Shawnee Inn (Gleason Room) from 9 to 10 a.m. with Betsy Jackson. Cost: guests are free; employees drop in $10 class, $48 for 6-week session; community drop in $15, $60 for 6-week session. For more information, please call (570) 424-9145 or e-mail her at scratchingonpaper@earthlink.net.

Pocono Network of Professionals is a social-business networking group of local individuals who like to have fun with the company of others. Call Nat Caputi at (570) 588-2267.

RELIGIOUS

Reformed Church of Bushkill: Worship service every Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. We offer nursery services during Sunday school and worship. Fourth Sunday — Chancel and Gospel Choirs sing Fellowship time after morning service and a light dinner precedes evening service. Sunday School is offered September to May at 9:15 a.m. for both adult Bible study and children ages three through eighth grade. Located on Route 209, opposite the Fairway Villas. For information, call (570) 588-6773.

Shawnee Presbyterian Church: Come join us in worship at our historic church every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. during July and August on Shawnee Church Road off of River Road in Shawnee-on-Delaware. All are welcome. Call (570) 421-5518. Pastor: Karl Viernstein. Also, tune in to our radio ministry on 104.9 FM or 101.07 FM.

Genesis, the Church is located at 3015 Milford Road (Business Route 209) in East Stroudsburg, just a half-mile south of Marshalls Creek. Worship service: Sundays at 10 a.m. Nursery and children's programs available during the service. Pastor John Stover holds a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary and a DMin from Reformed Theological Seminary. Everyone is welcome to come experienc relevant verse-by-verse Bible study. Call for info (866) 272-5047.

Mountain Stream Church, a new evangelical church, holds Sunday services at the Resica Elementary School, located off Route 402. Multicultural music, supervised nursery, energetic children's church, and adult growth groups are being offered. For more information call Rev. James Richards, the church pastor, at (570) 466-4824.

St. John's Roman Catholic Church: Mass times MTR noon, WF 9 a.m., Saturday 4 p.m. and a Spanish Mass at 5 p.m. Sunday Masses 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m. Confessions on Saturdays 3 to 3:30 p.m. and by appointment. Church is located along Route 209 in Middle Smithfield, just south of Foxmoor Plaza. Call (570) 223-9144.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church: River Road near Smithfield School. Country church offering casual, friendly worship. Sunday service 10 a.m. Sunday School second and fourth Sundays at 9 a.m. Turn off River Road at the signs for Wordsworth and church, follow signs.

St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Smithfield: Call (570) 223-9422, Rev. John Harding, 8 a.m. until noon. Take Craig's Meadow Road off Route 209 at Country Kettle Gift Shop. Church is one-quarter mile down the road. Worship services on Sunday at 8:15 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday School and adult Bible study, 9 a.m. On each fifth Sunday of a month, a service of healing will be held.

The Alabaster Box Worship and Arts Center is a gathering of worshipers and lovers of God focusing on Jesus through music and the arts. Artists are encouraged to do their art as we worship. Spontaneous dance is also welcome. Every Saturday night 7 to 10 p.m., all ages invited at 940 Ann St. For more information call (570) 688-7461, visit www.myspace.com/alabasterboxworship or e-mail abwa@ptd.net.

MONROE COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER

Directions to Monroe County Environmental Education Center: From Stroudsburg (or Exit 302 from I-80 West or 302B from I-80 East) go N. on Route 611 to the traffic light after the truck stop in Bartonsville, and turn left onto Rimrock Drive. Follow Rimrock Drive. for 0.4 mile, bear right onto N. Easton-Belmont Pike, go 0.2 mile, then bear right onto Running Valley Road. The center is 0.7 mile on left.

POCONOS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER

PEEC's Winter Operating Schedule & Programs: From Dec. 1 to Jan. 30, 2009, PEEC's Main building will be open to the general public Wednesdays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. During these hours, pick up trail maps, trail guides and information about upcoming events. PEEC's hiking trails will remain open to the public every day from dawn to dusk all winter.

Pine Island Birding Program: On Jan, 24 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Spend the day with bird expert Peter Wulfhorst searching for Bald Eagles, Short-eared Owls, and Rough-legged Hawks around Pine Island, N.Y.. Dress warmly and bring a lunch. $30 for PEEC members, $35 for non-members. Transportation is provided for the first 12 registered participants.

PEEC's lodging rates for three-day weekends are $134 for PEEC members and $145 for non-members. Three-day weekend non-lodging rates are $74 for members and $85 for non-members. The lodging rates for PEEC's four-day family nature getaways are $160 for members and $175 for non-members. Non-lodging rates for PEEC's four-day weekends are $100 for members and $115 for non-members. Rates are per person, and discounts are available for children ages 10 years and under. Pre-registration is required.

Families can also choose to spend the day at PEEC on Saturdays during family nature weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for $35 per person for PEEC members and $45 for non-members and enjoy the daytime activities with other family weekend participants.

POCONO OUTDOOR CLUB

The POC is a friendly hiking group open to all individuals interested in exploring the trails in the Pocono Mountains. For more information on any of these hikes, please e-mail poconooutdoorclub@yahoo.com or visit www.myspace.com/poconooutdoorclub.

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